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. >> i covered mccain during the campaign and obama right now and she is right, obama doesn't talk a whole lot to us one-on-one, and mccain did but it is a double-edged sword for mccain because of the one hand we like and as a person and he was great to talk to but he put his foot in the mouth so many times he gave a story every day that took the campaign off message and that is why in the end they ended up bottling him up which also hurt in a lot of ways. he wasn't putting his foot in his mouth saying things that went off message but he lost the unique character he was just another bottled up packaged politician by the end. >> questions from the audience? >> i think you all sort of touched on this already we talked in the class this morning what do you think the role of the outspoken cheney is, will that be the beginning of the pendulum turning the other way back towards maybe an imperial congress perhaps? >> more what? >> [inaudible] >> imperial? >> the round of interviews cheney has been doing and what affect this is likely to have come he is attempting to make the argument for th
. >> i covered mccain during the campaign and obama right now and she is right, obama doesn't talk a whole lot to us one-on-one, and mccain did but it is a double-edged sword for mccain because of the one hand we like and as a person and he was great to talk to but he put his foot in the mouth so many times he gave a story every day that took the campaign off message and that is why in the end they ended up bottling him up which also hurt in a lot of ways. he wasn't putting his foot in...
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so i think this is a good lesson for barack obama to be having right now. and the reason why i wrote this book is because i had covered a little bit of it before, but really the 2006 and 2008 present presidential campaign and in a lot of uncrowned in-depth reporting. i was fascinated by the ability of democrats. one was to bring in a lot of new people into the party. and she was to compete in all these traditionally conservative states that nobody thought they could win. faces like indiana. places like north carolina. places like virginia. you guys that arkansas had that for a while, but i think that was something that shocked a lot of people. i was interested in the grassroots political movement that came up really through the obama campaign and its relevance in politics today. and i thought a lot of the other books were going to be published about obama after the election -- while a lot were very good, i thought were going to be at the president or about his inner circle and they were going to tell this broader story of the grassroots from the perspective
so i think this is a good lesson for barack obama to be having right now. and the reason why i wrote this book is because i had covered a little bit of it before, but really the 2006 and 2008 present presidential campaign and in a lot of uncrowned in-depth reporting. i was fascinated by the ability of democrats. one was to bring in a lot of new people into the party. and she was to compete in all these traditionally conservative states that nobody thought they could win. faces like indiana....
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on the other side of the aisle you have president obama right now saying raise the debt ceiling with no conditions. just a clean vote to raise the debt ceiling. the reason we find ourselves in gridlock is because that is never going to happen. that is never going to be acceptable to the republicans just to raise the debt ceiling without there being some conditions attached to that and even president obama when he was senator, u.s. senator said it was irresponsible for us to continue to add to these -- the deficit, have these, add to the debt, have these record deficits. we need to take action and yet it is a lot easier to talked about what needs to be done versus actually do the hard work of getting it done so the reason that we find ourselves where we are right now, because these are politically difficult decisions that we have to make. it means that we are not going to be able to just continue the current pact that america hth t been spending beyond its means paula for many years. we can't continue down this path. it is impacting our economy, our military, our readiness, impact our
on the other side of the aisle you have president obama right now saying raise the debt ceiling with no conditions. just a clean vote to raise the debt ceiling. the reason we find ourselves in gridlock is because that is never going to happen. that is never going to be acceptable to the republicans just to raise the debt ceiling without there being some conditions attached to that and even president obama when he was senator, u.s. senator said it was irresponsible for us to continue to add to...
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and obama is right there trying to control and change society. the founding fathers developed and built the constitution so that could happen. that individual is supposed to be a tent. we hired him to go ahead and help guide a director country. so government forced to control and change society. yes. under that definition obama is definitely a socialist. if he is not declared himself a member of that party, whenever, all of the proverb. >> doing really well. available as a download. amazons the place to go. >> you have a previous book to want to show our viewers as well . >> in my research and as a look into the different countries, those poor and oppressed people have a sense of humor. having get through this idiocy for decades. so i gather that information plus of the little tidbits and things a collective. how did you just one. he is addressing the communist party. in 1968 we were standing on the edge of the best. since then we have taken a significant step forward. >> that's true. >> that's a little joke. and they had fallen one jokes about h
and obama is right there trying to control and change society. the founding fathers developed and built the constitution so that could happen. that individual is supposed to be a tent. we hired him to go ahead and help guide a director country. so government forced to control and change society. yes. under that definition obama is definitely a socialist. if he is not declared himself a member of that party, whenever, all of the proverb. >> doing really well. available as a download....
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: all right. first up. ready. set. on the whistle. on the whistle. ready. get set. [whistle] [cheering] president obama: we have a winner. we have a winner. [cheering] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheering] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the white house eager egg roll dates back to 1878 in the presidency of rutherford b. hayes. live later this afternoon, a discussion on conservatism and what free market systems must do to survive in today's global economy. from the american enterprise institute, live coverage at 5:30 eastern on c-span. >> if you have a process where it takes years to get an answer, and you're bogged down in the courts, which is what is threatening our industry right now, that's not a good answer for anybody. and it certainly doesn't make the agency executive. >> verizon executive vice president for policy and former senator, tom tauke, tonight on the communicators on c-span2 . next an event with defense department undersecretary for logistics, ashton carter. this i
: all right. first up. ready. set. on the whistle. on the whistle. ready. get set. [whistle] [cheering] president obama: we have a winner. we have a winner. [cheering] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheering] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the white house eager egg roll dates back to 1878 in the presidency of rutherford b. hayes. live later this afternoon, a discussion on conservatism and what free market systems must do to survive in today's global economy. from the...
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john there was was an icon in the american civil rights movement if he can find his life work only for racial injustice he would still be in the pantheon of heroes. but his vision and faith was bigger than just one group that commitment was too genuine and democracy and said you cannot build a wall must be for all the not for some. and told us we must be headlights and not taillights so people can see living in the shadows from america's promise and challenged is always for justice and equality black or white latino or asian gay or straight muslims are christians or jews , he spoke for all of them. we are one people, one family, one house with the overly harsh drug laws that disproportionately harmed people and communities of color. john there was was deeply committed to her cause those thatd would have shifted the focus of our efforts and then walk away from the commitment to criminal sentencing reform. that steadfast insistence make a difference resulting in the first step act signed into law. rosa parks was a hero when she died her body laid init the rotunda of the capital. tens of
john there was was an icon in the american civil rights movement if he can find his life work only for racial injustice he would still be in the pantheon of heroes. but his vision and faith was bigger than just one group that commitment was too genuine and democracy and said you cannot build a wall must be for all the not for some. and told us we must be headlights and not taillights so people can see living in the shadows from america's promise and challenged is always for justice and equality...
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the far right things obama is a socialist and the far left thinks he is a corporate sellout. he can't be both. if democrats got in trouble by misinterpreting the 2008 election as an ideological mandate for the left it was not. voters were consistent by swinging 18% for republicans this time around. we want checks and balances but republicans misinterpret this as ideological mandate they will find out they have another think coming in 2012. >> one final comment about race which everybody will at least consider if not embrace. the best of the american people a gracious and good people that they elected barack obama. it is a sign of the openness, willingness to consider alternatives to the established political order that people would react against that on policy grounds. many in ways in vaulting level of activism reflective in my book. to me it is not a sign of racism but the diversity of the american people facing issues as they take them and making judgments however difficult however -- i thank you for your kindness and your attention and it has been a great discussion. [appl
the far right things obama is a socialist and the far left thinks he is a corporate sellout. he can't be both. if democrats got in trouble by misinterpreting the 2008 election as an ideological mandate for the left it was not. voters were consistent by swinging 18% for republicans this time around. we want checks and balances but republicans misinterpret this as ideological mandate they will find out they have another think coming in 2012. >> one final comment about race which everybody...
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, and it's pompt to pull back and realize though that before there was obama syndrome on the right, there was bush syndrome on the left. there's characteristics calling him a terrorist, comparing him to hitler. the problem is and whenever i interview people for the book, people protesting holding signs comparing obama to hitler, i always say, ha are you saying or thinking about this? they say something like, well, they started it. [laughter] they compared president bush to hitler, and nobody complained, so i just figured @ fair game, and that's the problem. you know, john stuart in his rally to restore sanity one of his suggested signs is i disagree with you, but i'm pretty sure you're not hitler. [laughter] that's good advice for us all now. if you have a problem with a president of your party being compared to hitler, that's a problem. the hyperpar sanship is hurting our country and stopping debate and stopping us from being able to unit. we are increaseingly segregating ourselves in media season summing. that, itself is danger and says everyone is entitled to facts and people approach
, and it's pompt to pull back and realize though that before there was obama syndrome on the right, there was bush syndrome on the left. there's characteristics calling him a terrorist, comparing him to hitler. the problem is and whenever i interview people for the book, people protesting holding signs comparing obama to hitler, i always say, ha are you saying or thinking about this? they say something like, well, they started it. [laughter] they compared president bush to hitler, and nobody...
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rosa parks, martin luther king junior and it ends with obama, right? by the time obama's election people say that is it. the civil rights movement is over. and people kill tell black people you got obama, what else do you want? as if you cash obama's checks and eat obama's food. i have not gotten my invitation to the whitehouse, you know? when we think about the civil rights movement it was always contested. people had a view of freedom thad that didn't include ella baker who was the lead organize of the student non-violent cordinator and told the students on easter weekend it was more about a hamburger and the reason she told the students the sit-in was about more than a hamburger is because by april of 1960 new york times and mainstream media were trying to say the movement is about people wanting access to lunch counters. ella baker said this isn't about lunch counters or hamburgers. this is about democracy. james baldwin writes in 1961 that the young people who are organizer and in demonstrations all across the south at lunch counters are doing it
rosa parks, martin luther king junior and it ends with obama, right? by the time obama's election people say that is it. the civil rights movement is over. and people kill tell black people you got obama, what else do you want? as if you cash obama's checks and eat obama's food. i have not gotten my invitation to the whitehouse, you know? when we think about the civil rights movement it was always contested. people had a view of freedom thad that didn't include ella baker who was the lead...
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president without the voting rights act. [applause] over the years, john cosponsored every single reauthorization in the voting rights act, as well as the voter voter law to make it easy to register which one of the first loss i signed as president. he fought tooth and nail against every encroachment on the right to vote, including sponsoring legislation to restore crucial elements to the voting rights act that were unforgettably guided by that supreme court decision in 2013. -- gutted. john knew there were no permanent victories in human affairs, but he also knew there were no permanent defeats. so we kept on going, right to the very end. one of the things that i like about it is he didn't give up on things he thought were important. i remember, i think john conyers was the first person who ever quoted frederick douglass to me in saying power concedes nothing without a demand. never did and never will. he understood that. just for my case after dr. king was killed in memphis, he introduced the first bill to make his birthda
president without the voting rights act. [applause] over the years, john cosponsored every single reauthorization in the voting rights act, as well as the voter voter law to make it easy to register which one of the first loss i signed as president. he fought tooth and nail against every encroachment on the right to vote, including sponsoring legislation to restore crucial elements to the voting rights act that were unforgettably guided by that supreme court decision in 2013. -- gutted. john...
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still working on right now, obama's victory in iowa in 2008 and you're exactly right it was here an inexperienced you know first term senator. no executive experience using primary and caucus process and david axelrod writes about it in believer that you build your prestiges in the contest so that people start to see who is presidential even though you have no executive experience in your life at all, and in iowa he not only , you know, he not only won in iowa a state that was -- basically white state for all ul intensive purposes. but was able not just by doing that and overcoming hillary clinton with all of her advantages. was tiebl say you see i can put together something in this place that's not friendly territory to me. so yeah it's exactly like winning in west virginia and kennedy. >> he needs to build credibility by the way he was also it black. [laughter] >> right. so it means mother to live in iowa than it does if he won in district of columbia. >> exactly. >> so i want to get back to your title. the whys had whistle stop is newer than i thought it was. this was intriguing. i have to say
still working on right now, obama's victory in iowa in 2008 and you're exactly right it was here an inexperienced you know first term senator. no executive experience using primary and caucus process and david axelrod writes about it in believer that you build your prestiges in the contest so that people start to see who is presidential even though you have no executive experience in your life at all, and in iowa he not only , you know, he not only won in iowa a state that was -- basically...
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president obama said talking about the partial old movement. but that occupy movement was supported by clergy what is the prosperity gospel?t is the prosperity gospel? >> among the christian preachers that if you pray to god and are in good standing he looked review blessings. but should that happen? but then to expect turning things to be a side. and then to give the bolivar's the benefits. but the blab and grab movement because sometimes gave a blessing the blade of blessing is something that is two's simple. talk about the christian middle. >> i'd mitt it is a with any religious affiliation. talk about the main churches these are the mainstream they have been losing market share but they have lost their sense of the distinctive mission. just political concerns. the i humanistic endeavor is. in people will ask the question if that is the core to christianity why can't i join the social action group? and they do. do those evangelical churches in not all of them due to read them aloud. >> but to have the spiritual message have reason to get up
president obama said talking about the partial old movement. but that occupy movement was supported by clergy what is the prosperity gospel?t is the prosperity gospel? >> among the christian preachers that if you pray to god and are in good standing he looked review blessings. but should that happen? but then to expect turning things to be a side. and then to give the bolivar's the benefits. but the blab and grab movement because sometimes gave a blessing the blade of blessing is...
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oh that's right a black man is president. that means there's something wrong with the country now because this guy went to harvard and columbia. come on. it was festering in the tea party had people mobilized. then you have trump who really started saying things that a lot of people were thinking but were not articulating. he opened the pandora's box. and then when all of these christian leaders, these right wing evangelical christian leaders jumped on his bandwagon with their christian nationalism because that is what it is, the cross and the flag do not go together. it is blasphemy actually. when he stood up and say christian nationalism is all right. in fact racial realism is all right, xenophobia is all right , he unleashed what had been tamped down somewhat. so what i am suggesting is it has always been there. we had on evil actor that was on unleashed on the world. i am not going to make any comparisons between hitler for instance. but adolf hitler did something similar in germany obviously. no one thought anyone could
oh that's right a black man is president. that means there's something wrong with the country now because this guy went to harvard and columbia. come on. it was festering in the tea party had people mobilized. then you have trump who really started saying things that a lot of people were thinking but were not articulating. he opened the pandora's box. and then when all of these christian leaders, these right wing evangelical christian leaders jumped on his bandwagon with their christian...
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literally, what haunts me is president obama, right before he got elected, he said in five days we're going to fundamentally transform this nation. i could depress the audience listing all the challenges, the problems, the threats that face this nation. we've got to address those. we have to admit we have them. we have to fix these problems. but fundamentally transform america? that's not what we need. what we need to do is return to our founding principles of a limited government, a government that's primarily designed to protect our individual liberty and freedom. return to the benefits of a free market competitive system that guarantees three things; the best possible price, the best possible quality, the best level of customer service. i come from the private sector. i had to compete. we have to understand what made this country great, it's the american people, the folks of wisconsin that wake up every day, work hard, create products and services we all value, and they need to be left alone as much as possible. they need to be able to keep as much of their hard-earned money as pos
literally, what haunts me is president obama, right before he got elected, he said in five days we're going to fundamentally transform this nation. i could depress the audience listing all the challenges, the problems, the threats that face this nation. we've got to address those. we have to admit we have them. we have to fix these problems. but fundamentally transform america? that's not what we need. what we need to do is return to our founding principles of a limited government, a government...
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rights and you argue like kagan or obama does that you can kill an unborn child whether it is an embryo or whether it is a 9-month-old fetus and a partial-birth abortion, you have to say that somewhere between the moment of conception where that human being came into reality as the scientific fact and sometime in that they be is born or 90 years old, there are some place where it magically gets inalienable rights they didn't have before. in the book i call it the berlin wall. you have to build a berlin wall across human life and barack obama famously as someone who doesn't want to tell you where it is exactly that you get your god-given rights. in the illinois state legislature three times he declined to support a law that simply said it warned baby is a person. in that debate of that back to back interview at the saddleback churchland pastor rick warren asked him the excellent question which was very simply went as a human baby get human rights? barack obama said it is above my pay great. why is that? he doesn't want to say when you get human rights because of the definitively says whe
rights and you argue like kagan or obama does that you can kill an unborn child whether it is an embryo or whether it is a 9-month-old fetus and a partial-birth abortion, you have to say that somewhere between the moment of conception where that human being came into reality as the scientific fact and sometime in that they be is born or 90 years old, there are some place where it magically gets inalienable rights they didn't have before. in the book i call it the berlin wall. you have to build...
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under president obama's leadership the justice department civil rights division investigated civil rights abuses in multiple police departments across the country baltimore, ferguson missouri, cleveland and yes, chicago illinois unfortunately, the current president dismantled these efforts as soon as he took control of the department of justice in 2017. in this heartbreaking moment of crisis, america is pleading with us for leadership. president trump and it heattorney general barca demonstrate that leadership by implementing the leadership t of the task force with a 21st century policing and having the civil rights commission doing their job and vigorously investigating and police departments who have misconduct. we have a role to play hereto. we must immediately hold hearings on a systemic racism and police misconduct so we can discuss and pursue solutions including accountability and training. graham of the senate judiciary committee said they will hold a hearing on policela misconduct. i'm glad he made that statement. i hope it is more than just one token hearing. when i chaired the s
under president obama's leadership the justice department civil rights division investigated civil rights abuses in multiple police departments across the country baltimore, ferguson missouri, cleveland and yes, chicago illinois unfortunately, the current president dismantled these efforts as soon as he took control of the department of justice in 2017. in this heartbreaking moment of crisis, america is pleading with us for leadership. president trump and it heattorney general barca demonstrate...
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that, i'm sure is the debate that is taking place in obama right now. which is look does it actually resolve something or does all it does is acknowledge that we fail and em bolden the opposition? so the politics are ambiguous. you know, beyond the politics though probably another thing he's thinking about. the -- this was a signature domestic achievement. it wasn't coming what hurricane katrina. it was coming as a long-planned event and the roleout of disastrous. something went wrong. and someone is responsible for that. whether that is west wing or deep within the bowl of the health and hiewfm services or secretary kathleen. i don't understands the problem well enough it know. someone is accountable he kim toot presidency without a lot of executive or administrative experience. in certain times up until now it's not a problem. >> why politico pushing for president obama to shake up the cabinet. there's no reason to call for firing anyone. [inaudible] >> guest: but -- >> host: let's get our viewers involved on the phone line. john is up in north brooke
that, i'm sure is the debate that is taking place in obama right now. which is look does it actually resolve something or does all it does is acknowledge that we fail and em bolden the opposition? so the politics are ambiguous. you know, beyond the politics though probably another thing he's thinking about. the -- this was a signature domestic achievement. it wasn't coming what hurricane katrina. it was coming as a long-planned event and the roleout of disastrous. something went wrong. and...
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you heard it before on the show is, true story, exactly happened right after obama got into office, again, he wants to be a post-partisan kind of guy. he told john boehner, the first time the present of the opposite party did this, set a want to come up and sit down and have lunch with your caucus. he didn't go out to lunch with the democrats. he had lunch with republicans and he said i want to hear your ideas of what we can do for a jobs bill. this is the original stimulus package. and pena said find them and the president before he got in the car to come up to the capital, john boehner held a news conference and said, not one republican is going to vote for the president's plan. they hadn't even heard the plan yet that they had even given him their ideas that should be in the plan. boehner said not one republican vote. that's what they think for compromise. josh calling from vermont. >> caller: i think obama should try to cooperate. but what i'm afraid of is that obama is going to trade the millionaires tax cut for cooperation, and then republicans are going to stab him in the back. >>
you heard it before on the show is, true story, exactly happened right after obama got into office, again, he wants to be a post-partisan kind of guy. he told john boehner, the first time the present of the opposite party did this, set a want to come up and sit down and have lunch with your caucus. he didn't go out to lunch with the democrats. he had lunch with republicans and he said i want to hear your ideas of what we can do for a jobs bill. this is the original stimulus package. and pena...
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so i'm working on right now obama's victory in 2008, and you're exactly right. it was here's an inexperienced, you know, first-term senator, no executive experience using the primary and caucus process, and david axlerod writes about this explicitly in his book, "believer." that you build your prestige in the contests so that people start to see you as presidential even though you've never had any executive experience in your life at all. and in iowa he not only, you know, won in iowa, a state that is basically, you know, white state for all intents and purposes, but was able not just by doing that and overcoming hillary clinton with all of her advantages, was a able to to say, you see? i can put together something in this place that's not friendly territory to me. so, yeah, it's exactly like winning in west virginia for kennedy. >> he needed to build credibility, of course. by the way, he was also black. [laughter] >> guest: right. >> host: so it means more to win in iowa than if he did in district of columbia. >> guest: precisely. exactly, exactly. >> host: we
so i'm working on right now obama's victory in 2008, and you're exactly right. it was here's an inexperienced, you know, first-term senator, no executive experience using the primary and caucus process, and david axlerod writes about this explicitly in his book, "believer." that you build your prestige in the contests so that people start to see you as presidential even though you've never had any executive experience in your life at all. and in iowa he not only, you know, won in...
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the mitt romney campaign is right with the barack obama campaign was right bunker 2008. it is hard to argue with math. unless something totally unforeseen happens, he is on the path to get there. the fact is losing seven primaries to rick santorum, i don't think as much bearing on the general election. there are states that will go for the republican candidate no matter who it is, even though it is mickey mouse. no one will win illinois because that is obama's home state. the fact santorum did so poorly there, is a much better indicator of what will happen in the fall if he becomes the nominee. host: a piece that connects mitt romney with ted kennedy, this photograph of mitt romney as governor of massachusetts son in the health care bill. the headline "kennedy's influence haunt romney's career." sang, tried to distance himself , mr. romney cannot escape senator kennedy's influence. guest: i did a piece in "mother jones" in the past for the found video ofi the bill signing ceremony. and it, mitt romney just praises ted kennedy profusely for the health care initiative. i a
the mitt romney campaign is right with the barack obama campaign was right bunker 2008. it is hard to argue with math. unless something totally unforeseen happens, he is on the path to get there. the fact is losing seven primaries to rick santorum, i don't think as much bearing on the general election. there are states that will go for the republican candidate no matter who it is, even though it is mickey mouse. no one will win illinois because that is obama's home state. the fact santorum did...
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in fact, on the other side of the aisle, you have president obama right now saying, for example, raise the debt ceiling where no conditions, just a clean vote to raise the debt ceilings, and the reason we find ourselves at gridlock is because that is never going to happen or be acceptable for the republicans to raise the debt ceiling without there being conditions, a tax to that. president obama, when he was senator, a u.s. senator said it was irresponsible for us to continue just to add to the deficit, to have -- add to the debt, have record deficits, that we needed to take action, and yet it's a lot easier to talk about what needs to be done versus do the hard work of getting it done, and so the reason we find ourselves where we are now is because these are very politically, difficult decisions that we have to make. it means that we're not going to be able just to continue the current path that america has been spending way beyond its means for many, many year, and we're -- but we reached that point where we can't just continue down this path, that it's impacting our economy. it impa
in fact, on the other side of the aisle, you have president obama right now saying, for example, raise the debt ceiling where no conditions, just a clean vote to raise the debt ceilings, and the reason we find ourselves at gridlock is because that is never going to happen or be acceptable for the republicans to raise the debt ceiling without there being conditions, a tax to that. president obama, when he was senator, a u.s. senator said it was irresponsible for us to continue just to add to the...
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because of you, john, barack obama. john lewis was an "conof the american civil rights movement. if he confined his life's work to only ending racial injustice, he would still be in the participant yum of heroes but his vision and faith was bigger than justice for just one group. his commitment was to genuine democracy and equality and he said so many times, quote, you cannot build a wall when it comes to equality. it must be equality for all and not for some. he told us we must be headlights, not taillights. and for john being a headlight, meant going out ahead and shining a light so that people could see that living in the cold shadows of discrimination, there were those who needed the warmth of america's promise. he challenged us always to expand our concepts of justice and equality, to respect the dignity and worth of every human being, black or white, latino or asian, immigrant, native american, gay, straight, muslim, christians, jews. john spoke for all of them. how many times did he tell us we are one people, one family. we live in one house. one of the great injustices of
because of you, john, barack obama. john lewis was an "conof the american civil rights movement. if he confined his life's work to only ending racial injustice, he would still be in the participant yum of heroes but his vision and faith was bigger than justice for just one group. his commitment was to genuine democracy and equality and he said so many times, quote, you cannot build a wall when it comes to equality. it must be equality for all and not for some. he told us we must be...
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they make a mockery of the constitution and bill of rights. the same we saw chief justice roberts do several years ago, upholding obama care, where again just with a little flip of the wrist, he changed the penalty into a tax. that's not clever. that's lawless. this decision today was lawless. it was gamesmanship, and it was contrary to the judicial oath, that each of the nine justices has taken. i yield the floor. >> during the summer months, reach out to your elected officials with c-span's congressional directory. it contains all the contact information you need to stay in touch with members of congress, federal agencies, and state governors. order your copy on-line today, at c-span store.org. >>> c-span's "washington journal" every day. we're taking your calls live on the air on the news of the day and discussing policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, former new york city police commissioner bernard kerik on efforts to reform policing in the u.s. and reverend harris, co chair of the poor people's campaign talks about raci
they make a mockery of the constitution and bill of rights. the same we saw chief justice roberts do several years ago, upholding obama care, where again just with a little flip of the wrist, he changed the penalty into a tax. that's not clever. that's lawless. this decision today was lawless. it was gamesmanship, and it was contrary to the judicial oath, that each of the nine justices has taken. i yield the floor. >> during the summer months, reach out to your elected officials with...
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that president obama's right the generals are wrong and they should shut up. and he sided with his sworn enemy. against the generals. when he came into office he had steve bannon with him and he was horrible on a lot of things especially iran but he was good on afghanistan. his plan was to hire mercenaries but the real point was we had no business fighting the war and he was telling trump, you're right. so, when donald trump came into power one of the first things he did was testify at john mccain's armed service committee on tv, we need 3000 more troops at least. i believe that trump resented that. and he felt like barack obama did that there are trying to roll him into this. they were get a make him. i know some great pentagon reporters and the word was they would have their proposals with the new escalation by march of last year. but trump told them no. go back to it again. and they thought about it and it really was a fight inside the administration. they talk about it a little bit in the book the kick the can down the road till august were trump gave in a
that president obama's right the generals are wrong and they should shut up. and he sided with his sworn enemy. against the generals. when he came into office he had steve bannon with him and he was horrible on a lot of things especially iran but he was good on afghanistan. his plan was to hire mercenaries but the real point was we had no business fighting the war and he was telling trump, you're right. so, when donald trump came into power one of the first things he did was testify at john...
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. >> i'm just right wing. i've just been struck by how often the only way progressives can understand why people disagree with them is to root in either prejudice or fear and president obama's people clinging to god and their guns and so for those of a store on the conservative side of the spectrum, it just -- do you really think there isn't a substantive basis to the disagreement? given that for the average voter they are not as involved in the particular influence and people who influenced them etc.? is there a kind of court to this disagreement which is included in fear that is it something else? >> one of the reasons i wanted to do this book to you when oxford came to me and we started talking about who to do this with i thought you were a good person to do this with. it's because i wanted one of the best people on the other side to lay out the arguments. you do that in the book and each of us has our main essay in rebuttal and as i explained in the rebuttal i don't think the arguments work. i don't think
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that's the right way of putting it. it would have been unprecedented to invalidate an ak of congress that was s&l piece of social and economic legislation that was deliberated extensively and as ifed by congress. randy, you know a proponent of judicial activism. i think the court is wrong to strike down affirmative action and abortion law. i don't share your institutional vision that dpowrt should be in the business of invalidating act of congress. the court is on most tenuous grounds when it strikes down act of congress. they generally represent national consensus. i think chief justice roberts was move bid the vision when he cited oliver wendell home holmes. i think this is an important point of disagreement too. you're equating robert's concern with legitimacy of being political. they're not the same thing. it's a delicate balance. he's john marshall came up with an legal argument that hadn't occurred with the party that occurred in the footnote of some 18th blog that no one else noticed. he did that because of the b
that's the right way of putting it. it would have been unprecedented to invalidate an ak of congress that was s&l piece of social and economic legislation that was deliberated extensively and as ifed by congress. randy, you know a proponent of judicial activism. i think the court is wrong to strike down affirmative action and abortion law. i don't share your institutional vision that dpowrt should be in the business of invalidating act of congress. the court is on most tenuous grounds when...
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they talk about their healthcare costs and i think president obama will, is doing the right thing because we give people this list the the long battery and we say what is the one thing that the president and congress could do that would do the most to help fix the economy? what they say is drive healthcare costs down. having said all that in terms of the issue of the uninsured that is where we have seen a difference compared to 2008, were because because of the democrat and the president's commitment to increase coverage, there are more people who are talking about coverage as a concern but i think the president, and you concede those remarks in green bay, the president's remarks clearly linked the economic recovery to the need for healthcare change. so come on i think those are things that he is doing relatively jointly. i would just say that we rebrand this last election in 2008 what you need. president obama's campaign approaching 800, $2 billion, no public financing. vespa intuitive and $50 million on tv. 100 million was devoted to attacking john mccain for saying, john mccain's propo
they talk about their healthcare costs and i think president obama will, is doing the right thing because we give people this list the the long battery and we say what is the one thing that the president and congress could do that would do the most to help fix the economy? what they say is drive healthcare costs down. having said all that in terms of the issue of the uninsured that is where we have seen a difference compared to 2008, were because because of the democrat and the president's...
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the language of right distracts us from what is really happening. i think access to health care can be made better in the united states and what is happening with obama care , the way it works people in medicaid. >> medicaid. >> i would let everyone join medicaid. medicaid. let everyone in medicaid get out. most medicaid these days are run by private health plans. long waiting. private insurance is better. >> is it politically feasible? >> of course. i would like to see the uniform tax credit available 8,000 families. but the vast majority of people are not going to want to be in medicaid. >> john goodman independent institute, goodman institute. here is the book. healthcare solutions for america. >> the 66th annual66th annual national book award and sell this past wednesday in new york city. this year's winners included : ..
the language of right distracts us from what is really happening. i think access to health care can be made better in the united states and what is happening with obama care , the way it works people in medicaid. >> medicaid. >> i would let everyone join medicaid. medicaid. let everyone in medicaid get out. most medicaid these days are run by private health plans. long waiting. private insurance is better. >> is it politically feasible? >> of course. i would like to see...
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that isn't random because i didn't like that candidate, barack obama lost the white vote, hillary clinton lost the white vote, whoever ran against nixon that i'm forgetting right now, humphrey, like 18 people, humphrey lost to the vote. every one that passes the civil rights act loses the white vote. why, and that's when i say the majority of white people i'm talking about those majority that show up again and again and again. yes we have a minority of white people. great, welcome to the party. i welcome you and i t think that is awesome but you have to understand where the pushback is coming from. so, the other thing that is worth one kind of big thing i always get pushback on. i do not consider myself a police abolitionist which is weird for people who tend to think of me as a particular white wingeded person. i'm not a police abolitionist. butcc because we haven't tried holding themer accountable. it's never been done before. but like i say in the book. maybe we hesitate a little bit more. maybe the decisions to gun down puts a little bit differently if they know having the object of u
that isn't random because i didn't like that candidate, barack obama lost the white vote, hillary clinton lost the white vote, whoever ran against nixon that i'm forgetting right now, humphrey, like 18 people, humphrey lost to the vote. every one that passes the civil rights act loses the white vote. why, and that's when i say the majority of white people i'm talking about those majority that show up again and again and again. yes we have a minority of white people. great, welcome to the party....
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even president obama says people clinging to gods and their guns, right? those of us are on the conservative side of the spectrum, i'm just really -- do you really think there isn't a substantive basis to the disagreement? i think, given that for the average voter may be the are not as involved in the particulars and their influence, people influence them, et cetera. is there a kind of core to this disagreement which is not rooted in fear, but something else? >> guest: one of the reasons i wanted to do this book with you, and we started talking about who to get to do this with, i thought you were a good person to do this. is because i wanted one of the best people on the other side to sort of lay out the arguments step-by-step. and you do that in the book, and each of us has our main essay, each of us has a rebuttal to as i explained in the rebuttal i don't think the arguments were. i don't think your arguments work. you don't take my word. so if i don't think the arguments work that i need some other explanation for why smart, thoughtful person like maggi
even president obama says people clinging to gods and their guns, right? those of us are on the conservative side of the spectrum, i'm just really -- do you really think there isn't a substantive basis to the disagreement? i think, given that for the average voter may be the are not as involved in the particulars and their influence, people influence them, et cetera. is there a kind of core to this disagreement which is not rooted in fear, but something else? >> guest: one of the reasons...
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so, and the second time obama ran in 2012, right? the turnout for him nationally among, just talking about blacks, was, i think, around about 67%, right? the highest it had ever been prior to that was 2008 where it was, like, 64, 65%. then prior to that the largest black turnout was in 1964 when it was about 54%. right? now think about what was happening in '64 where you had that high water mark. you had lyndon johnson running against barry gold water, right? high -- goldwater. highly racialized election. with obama, it was more about something to gape. now fast -- to gain. now fast forward to the special election in alabama last year, right? doug jones versus idiot moore, whatever that yahoo's name was, right? i mean, the stuff he said that america was better when there was slavery, he was running around messing with younger -- i mean, it's just crazy this guy ever even got in that position. but turnout among black folks, 89%. 899 %. 89%, right? they voted above and beyond what their representation is and what their numbers are in a
so, and the second time obama ran in 2012, right? the turnout for him nationally among, just talking about blacks, was, i think, around about 67%, right? the highest it had ever been prior to that was 2008 where it was, like, 64, 65%. then prior to that the largest black turnout was in 1964 when it was about 54%. right? now think about what was happening in '64 where you had that high water mark. you had lyndon johnson running against barry gold water, right? high -- goldwater. highly...
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for example there was a tremendous amount of money right now they got up this presidency and also the clinton's have a great deal of money. and harry truman went back to independence missouri and then packed his bags and never saw in any way to make much money. he lived a modest life out there that lyndon johnson the week that john kennedy was assassinated in a very big expose finances and basically close to being a real crook and tragically he paul that article at the last minute after kennedy was assassinated that friday november 22nd because you can have the new president of the traumatized nation being exposed as a cook. and the trump presidency was the question of his taxes and tax returns. and she actually a billionaire those regard to the presidency there are so many different cases. >> when were you first prompted to write about this subject? what struck in your mind? >> i want is fascinated by booker t. washington and his controversy with wep deploys he came to be looked at lake and uncle tom among his own people and then i started looking at it. and i began quarreling with m
for example there was a tremendous amount of money right now they got up this presidency and also the clinton's have a great deal of money. and harry truman went back to independence missouri and then packed his bags and never saw in any way to make much money. he lived a modest life out there that lyndon johnson the week that john kennedy was assassinated in a very big expose finances and basically close to being a real crook and tragically he paul that article at the last minute after kennedy...
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>> here's an obama's a record in discrimination discrimination against people with preexisting conditions but what we got is a bait and switch. it's true right now insurance companies can't turn it down or exclude you because of a pre-existing illness but what we are seeing is this race to the bottom and exchanges, very narrow network. if you're a hard patiently to get in a network and find out there is the heart doctor within 50 miles of you, that i think is intolerable and there's a much better way of doing it. the premiums the individual pays should not be based on his health condition but there needs to be a condition to that so the ensure gets and actuarially of their premium as they do in the medicare advantage program. if that happens then will have insurers competing for the healthy and sick on a level playing field. >> part of the debate on health care industry is whether not health care is a right. >> no place in the world has made health care and right. you live in canada, you don't have a right to come or i or even a right to wait in line. the language of rights distracts us f
>> here's an obama's a record in discrimination discrimination against people with preexisting conditions but what we got is a bait and switch. it's true right now insurance companies can't turn it down or exclude you because of a pre-existing illness but what we are seeing is this race to the bottom and exchanges, very narrow network. if you're a hard patiently to get in a network and find out there is the heart doctor within 50 miles of you, that i think is intolerable and there's a...
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the right wing attacking this man and remember the right wing is attacking president obama. they're saying that he party is attacking this man, the movement is attacking this man. i want to throw out a question to you that isn't about attacking president obama but placing his idea of the decision 2012 and reset democracy in its proper historical context what is the reelection of barack obama for issues of racial, political, economic inequality, issues of mass incarceration? issues of domestic racism, issues of police brutality, trayvon martin and also the international context. what does it mean? and if it doesn't mean a release of some of these ills we are suffering from, where can we go to get relief? >> you put a lot on the table. [laughter] i want to thank dr. joseph for his leadership and i want to acknowledge my dear brother max robinson for 14 years not bringing us together and of course the leader of this institution professor herricks and the iconic sonya sanchez. let us never forget sylvia's restaurant i was at the tribute for curtis mayfield last night. 70 years h
the right wing attacking this man and remember the right wing is attacking president obama. they're saying that he party is attacking this man, the movement is attacking this man. i want to throw out a question to you that isn't about attacking president obama but placing his idea of the decision 2012 and reset democracy in its proper historical context what is the reelection of barack obama for issues of racial, political, economic inequality, issues of mass incarceration? issues of domestic...
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during the nomination hearings, obama's science adviser said it was still a possibility. it is shocking when you look back at what they were proposing they were advocating saying the government has the right and the duty to limit family size. they talked about proposals like when young women reach puberty they should be implanted with a sterilizing capsule that could be removed only with official permission. it is shocking anybody would do that and that is one of the things about the crisis crisis and doomsayers they rarely pay penalties for their mistakes. holder was wrong about one issue after another, he advocates denying a fundamental human right and we look over because there is a certain codependency between journalists and doomsayers and professional courtesy we extend, we know they were all wrong before but we need their alarmist predictions to make story so we tolerate it. >> wait for the mic please. >> "national review". you mentioned the incentive structure for journalists as a reason they might be pushed toward reporting bad news. is there another incentive at
during the nomination hearings, obama's science adviser said it was still a possibility. it is shocking when you look back at what they were proposing they were advocating saying the government has the right and the duty to limit family size. they talked about proposals like when young women reach puberty they should be implanted with a sterilizing capsule that could be removed only with official permission. it is shocking anybody would do that and that is one of the things about the crisis...
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the back of the room voted for barack obama, these people right here voted for john mccain. this is why we voted the way that we did in 2008. if you've seen this before. i do something called instant response. which test the power of language word for word. i did these moves. and i say this to anyone who's a critic of fox news. i hosted three debates, three of the town hall panels. all three of mine had obama beating mccain in the debates. i say this to those that claim that fox news isn't fair in balance. which each debit they gave me more time to talk, and they thought why obama won. on fox news, the three voter panels picked obama over mccain. do you really believe they would have had that on msnbc? do you think they had that kind of opportunity? i respect that employer very much. knowing what the results were, they still put it on the air, and they highlighted it, and they let me do my job. this is barack obama versus hillary clinton. obama worked harder than any other candidate that i have seen get elected. he was talking to 200 coors a day, trying to find the last vote
the back of the room voted for barack obama, these people right here voted for john mccain. this is why we voted the way that we did in 2008. if you've seen this before. i do something called instant response. which test the power of language word for word. i did these moves. and i say this to anyone who's a critic of fox news. i hosted three debates, three of the town hall panels. all three of mine had obama beating mccain in the debates. i say this to those that claim that fox news isn't fair...
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please ask president obama to urge president xi to respect our basic rights as human beings. in the past 24 years, 33 members of the chairman mothers have passed away yearning for justice. and the rest are in despair. [inaudible]. time is particularly precious. it is in nobody's interests of president xi to continue to be locked in his china's dream. instead, we hope the awakens to the stern reality and address this -- [inaudible] sincerely, on behalf of chairman mothers, end of the letter. what can we say today about basic of facts concerning the? according to human rights in china, more than 2000 people died in various chinese cities on june 3 and june 4 and the days immediately following. the chairman mothers have adopted the names of 202 victims. and following up to june 4, more than 500 people were in prison in beijing number two prison alone. an unknown number were present in other chinese cities. additional unknown numbers were executed. however, the total number of dead, imprisoned and executed remains unknown because the china comment has refused to carry out a thoro
please ask president obama to urge president xi to respect our basic rights as human beings. in the past 24 years, 33 members of the chairman mothers have passed away yearning for justice. and the rest are in despair. [inaudible]. time is particularly precious. it is in nobody's interests of president xi to continue to be locked in his china's dream. instead, we hope the awakens to the stern reality and address this -- [inaudible] sincerely, on behalf of chairman mothers, end of the letter....
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but there are scrambling to sort of build anything approaching the scaling of the obama campaign and anything approaching l am ambition of the obama campaign. types you can solve in six months are going to be smaller than what you can solve in four years. >> host: doipg you the campaign is going to rely more on messaging or on the targeting techniques. what is is the mix? did does message still matter. is it really if you can fine tune it and target it better. that's going to be the difference. how do you put that all together? >> the message still matters. one of the things, the whole narrative, you know, in the bulk of my book takes ten to fifteen years, has taken place in an era of a real partisan polarization. one of the 2000 ends up being a formative moment, i think in terms of innovation and politics for two ones. obviously it's a close election. and so campaigns that might have once said, wow, 1%, 2% more of the vote if i you the technique. one or two% and i can use that. there it starting to be a real focus on techniques that can provide very small but measurable boosts. that
but there are scrambling to sort of build anything approaching the scaling of the obama campaign and anything approaching l am ambition of the obama campaign. types you can solve in six months are going to be smaller than what you can solve in four years. >> host: doipg you the campaign is going to rely more on messaging or on the targeting techniques. what is is the mix? did does message still matter. is it really if you can fine tune it and target it better. that's going to be the...
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bush, bill clinton and barack obama. the president remembered the life and legacy of representative lewis and shared personal stories. ♪ ♪ [silence] [silence] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [silence] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [silence] >> good morning and welcome to the historic ebenezer baptist church. we are america's freedom church. my name is doctor patrice turner and as i serve as the director of worship of the arts here today. we thank god for the life of representative john robert lewis and so, at 11:00 a.m. we shall join with churches and institutions all over the land and ring the bell for his life 80 times to represent his 80 years here on earth. let us remain silent and remember his contributions and legacy to our people at this time. [bells & silence] ... /[ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells]
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they said reagan by 58% over obama. and that's right after obama's reelection. in 2013. here's really fascinating. how was obama elected principally? the youth vote, right? the youth vote. that same poll they asked people ages 18-34 who would you vote for, reagan or obama, they picked reagan. they picked reagan. up like the gallup -- unlike the gal line up, gallup does a presidents day poll every presidents day, annual presidents day poll. they've been doing this 13 times since 2001. reagan placed fist among the american public as far as question who's your all-time favorite president. reagan got it in 2001, fife 2005, p.r.n., 2012 -- 2011, 2012. and reagan usually finishes in the top three. typically beats lincoln. [laughter] imagine that, imagine that. there was in june 2005 a poll done by aol and time warner. aol online which surveyed americans, and they didn't give them a choice. they asked them to put in whichever name they wanted, who is the greatest american of all time. not just the greatest president, who's the greatest american of all time? 2.4 million people r
they said reagan by 58% over obama. and that's right after obama's reelection. in 2013. here's really fascinating. how was obama elected principally? the youth vote, right? the youth vote. that same poll they asked people ages 18-34 who would you vote for, reagan or obama, they picked reagan. they picked reagan. up like the gallup -- unlike the gal line up, gallup does a presidents day poll every presidents day, annual presidents day poll. they've been doing this 13 times since 2001. reagan...
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. >> i'm just right wing. i've just been struck by how often the only way that progressives can understand why people disagree with them is to root it in either prejudice or fewer, and even president obama says people tend to go out on their guns. for those of us on the conservative side of the spectrum, it just -- i'm just really flagging it. do you really -- do you really think that there isn't a substantive basis to the disagreement? given that for the average voter maybe they are not as involved in the particular and their influence and people influence that etc is there a kind of court this disagreement which is not rooted in fear that is something else clacks >> one of the reasons i wanted to do this book with you and when we started talking about who to do this with i thought you were a good person to do this is because i wanted one of the best people on the other side to sort of lay out the argument step by step, and you do that in the book, and each of us has ever s.a. and remodel. as i explained the
. >> i'm just right wing. i've just been struck by how often the only way that progressives can understand why people disagree with them is to root it in either prejudice or fewer, and even president obama says people tend to go out on their guns. for those of us on the conservative side of the spectrum, it just -- i'm just really flagging it. do you really -- do you really think that there isn't a substantive basis to the disagreement? given that for the average voter maybe they are not...
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obama administratn and that could be made to thought printed phonics isic a whole other story about i think your point. >> critical race theory seems to exploit the husband and tongue fight everyone including me and how to counteract such a deliberate intent to redefine. >> you can't counteract people's preformation of words and it's inevitable in language change and it's almost never deliberate but importantly, the critical race theory, our discussion is polluted by the fact that there are certain legal papers written decades ago that nobody but a legal scholar could love and then there's that way of thinking having percolated into graduate schools and humanities and social scientists andon also education schools such out philosophy is based on the ideas now being forced upon eight and nine -year-olds until somebody said what is critical race theory, during our classroom. the smart question is just teaching the scholars and i think this one, maybe handy that maybe it might be called crp and we all know whatt' that is an abbreviation for. in a written a few columns and have a podcast
obama administratn and that could be made to thought printed phonics isic a whole other story about i think your point. >> critical race theory seems to exploit the husband and tongue fight everyone including me and how to counteract such a deliberate intent to redefine. >> you can't counteract people's preformation of words and it's inevitable in language change and it's almost never deliberate but importantly, the critical race theory, our discussion is polluted by the fact that...
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i spent a good part of my career working for the obama administration in the office of civil rights. i'd like to go to the root of the problem that we're trying to fix. a problem over structural racism and political inequality in this country. which has led -- >> i'm sorry, structural racism -- >> political inequality. >> okay. >> my primary concern is not suburban schools or privileged student, what about the student who has been marginalized and despite every measure we can look at, were given less rather than more, and if you go online you can look at the civil rights dat collection, and in the context of all those measures of inequality, the reform conversation and the issue of testing, which at least from the success of those on the left, the civil rights organizations that have supported some measures of testing, really a tool to be able to leverage some kind of power shift, some kind dirks. >> i don't know. what you question? >> i'd liker thank you for you to comment on how do you hold schools accountable for improvement and -- i'm talk more about the management than the teach
i spent a good part of my career working for the obama administration in the office of civil rights. i'd like to go to the root of the problem that we're trying to fix. a problem over structural racism and political inequality in this country. which has led -- >> i'm sorry, structural racism -- >> political inequality. >> okay. >> my primary concern is not suburban schools or privileged student, what about the student who has been marginalized and despite every measure...
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obama era and political partisanship on capitol hill. the former chair of the student nonviolent coordinating committee is the author of three books, walking with the wind, across that bridge and his 2013 release, march, book one. >> host: congressman john lewis, who was out when wilson? >> guest: out when wilson is a man that i first encountered on may 9 culminate in 61 in south carolina at the greyhound bus station. in 1961, i was at the freedom ride. we left washington ecma four, 1961, 13 of us. to test a division of the united states supreme cour
obama era and political partisanship on capitol hill. the former chair of the student nonviolent coordinating committee is the author of three books, walking with the wind, across that bridge and his 2013 release, march, book one. >> host: congressman john lewis, who was out when wilson? >> guest: out when wilson is a man that i first encountered on may 9 culminate in 61 in south carolina at the greyhound bus station. in 1961, i was at the freedom ride. we left washington ecma four,...
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and and i did the same for the chiefs of staff of president bush 43 obama. clinton and carter i wrote this long memo. what went right what went wrong and we can talk about later some of those big challenges, but those memos saved my life. yeah in a moment. we'll talk about the sharing of those memos, but this is one of those the best laid plans of men, and i want to put a photo up for and ask gene to comment. here we go. gene best laid plans. sometimes there are surprises big surprises that might occur unexpected moments in presidential funerals. and here's just one. this is one of the best unexpected moments. of president bush's funeral if many of you will remember that president bush and bob dole were big political rivals. they had a very nasty 1988 republican primary contest and both says some things that they probably wish they hadn't said they became huge friends. and when senator dole this is when president bush's line and stayed in the the rotunda and he insisted on standing. and saluting the casket. he's in a wheelchair now and i had an opportunity t
and and i did the same for the chiefs of staff of president bush 43 obama. clinton and carter i wrote this long memo. what went right what went wrong and we can talk about later some of those big challenges, but those memos saved my life. yeah in a moment. we'll talk about the sharing of those memos, but this is one of those the best laid plans of men, and i want to put a photo up for and ask gene to comment. here we go. gene best laid plans. sometimes there are surprises big surprises that...